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KOLKATA: Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of trying to shield those involved in the Saradha scam, senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi today said real courage did not mean flaunting simplicity , but in taking action. "Real courage is not to flaunt simplicity, but to take action and step in when some criminality takes place involving your own," he said in a taunt directed at Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress chief, who is known for her simple lifestyle.

NEW DELHI: In an apparent reference to BJP leader Giriraj Singh's statements, the party's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Tuesday tweeted that he disapproves of irresponsible statements. "Petty statements by those claiming to be BJP's well wishers are deviating the campaign from the issues of development & good governance," Modi tweeted. "I disapprove any such irresponsible statement & appeal to those making them to kindly refrain from doing so," he added. Reacting to the tweet, Congress rubbished Modi's reaction questioning him about the action taken against Giriraj Singh.

NEW DELHI: BJP today rubbished Congress' allegation of Narendra Modi being a "potential accused" in Tulsiram Prajapati killing case, saying it was just another "diversionary" tactic by the ruling party to "detract from real issues" in Lok Sabha elections Questioning the intention of Congress in raking up the issue now when it was in power for 10 years and "misused" CBI for various purposes, BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi hit...

LUCKNOW: Claiming that some senior leaders of BJP were unhappy with its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi , Congress today asked how could the country trust him (Modi) when its own leaders lack faith in him. "Some senior leaders of BJP are unhappy with with Modi ... When BJP's own leaders did not have faith on him (Modi), how could the country trust him", Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said here. "A video of BJP leader Uma Bharti has come out in which she is saying that Modi is not "Vikas Purush" but a "Vinash Purush" and accepted that there is atmosphere of terror in Gujarat.

MUMBAI: Congress on Thursday claimed there was a "trust deficit" among BJP leaders and took a dig at the saffron party asking how the country could trust its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, when senior party leader L K Advani did not. Addressing a press conference here, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said in less than 24 hours the country had seen the true face of the BJP. "Advani was okay with his long time...

NEW DELHI: With former Army Chief V K Singh joining BJP, political parties today demanded that government frame rules for 'cooling off' period for officials, who wish to affiliate with political parties after retirement, even as Congress downplayed the development. Reacting sharply to Singh's decision, Samajwadi Party sought a ban on bureaucrats and other officials joining political parties for a period of ten years after their retirement. SP national general secretary Naresh Agarwal alleged that a section of bureaucrats start "compromising" at the fag end of their career due to political pressure and for better prospects.

For almost four years in the run up to last Monday's Delhi High Court ruling that allowed the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to audit telecom companies, Abhishek Manu Singhvi was senior counsel marshalling arguments against this. "There is no easy set of simple answers; there are highly debatable legal and constitutional issues and a definitive apex court judgement is the only thing that will provide uniformity, stability and certainty," he says, not unduly perturbed by the temporary set back.

NEW DELHI: A local court has ruled that the 2008 Batla House encounter was genuine and convicted the lone accused, Shahzad Ahmad. The court on Thursday said Ahmad escaped from the flat in Delhi's Jamia Nagar after firing at the Delhi Police party led by the slain Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma . However, the judge added there was no evidence on record to establish that those killed in the encounter, Atif Ameen and Mohd Sajid, or...

NEW DELHI: With a Delhi court holding the controversial Batla House encounter as genuine, Congress today said all sections should accept the verdict and guard against politicising the issue so that the morale of police forces is not undermined. Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi sought to downplay the statements made by his party colleague Digvijay Singh questioning the genuiness of the September 2008 encounter, saying individuals could have commented in a "surcharged atmosphere" but those should not be given credence now. "Nobody has been as clearest and strident as Congress party in condemening fake encounters wherever they have taken place.